The City of Tehachapi has approved the building of a motel in the airport’s safety zone. Airport hangar owners, led by Ken Hetge, have filed an appeal. Thanks to California Pilots Association and Mitch Latting for bring this to our attention.
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Embry-Riddle to test precision landing approaches for GA airports
A team of researchers at Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University has received funding for a project to assess the performance of pilots when they land small airplanes at general aviation airports using an approach normally employed at airports with longer runways. The results could help shed light on the feasibility of letting GA aircraft use GPS-aided approaches […]
FATA executive director to showcase GA advocacy program at Women in Aviation conference
Paula Raeburn, executive director of the Florida Aviation Trades Association, will be a featured speaker at next year’s Women in Aviation International conference in Nashville, showcasing her association’s general aviation advocacy program, “Beyond the Runway – Why General Aviation Means Business.” The Beyond the Runway GA advocacy program was conceived in 2010 as a way […]
Duncan Aviation rolls out off-site maintenance
LINCOLN, Neb. — Duncan Aviation recently rolled out an off-site maintenance service that lets customers receive airframe service, inspections and maintenance in their hangars, instead of at one of Duncan Aviation’s maintenance facilities. “For years, Duncan Aviation has provided customers with rapid response access to technical road crews that can be easily and quickly dispatched […]
Phillips 66 Aviation debuts new credit card program
Phillips 66 Aviation unveiled a new corporate credit card program today featuring AVCARD’s cobranded card with Phillips 66. The new Phillips 66 Aviation Wings Card will be accepted at more than 7,200 locations globally, along with double WingPoints at participating FBOs. Phillips 66 Aviation’s new corporate card will serve pilots and flight departments flying into […]
The fizz on TIS
By JEFFREY BOCCACCIO. This is the 13th in a series of articles looking at the impact of the Next Generation Air Transportation System (NextGen) on GA pilots. In my last post, ADS-B: Twice as nice, I spent a fair amount of time detailing the fact that there are two separate ADS-B systems in the U.S. […]
The next president addresses GA
With just a week to go until the election, where do the candidates stand on important issues to general aviation? Officials at the Aircraft Owners and Pilots Association submitted a list of questions to the candidates and you can read their answers here.
Fly away in an RV-12
Van’s Aircraft has launched a new program to build completed, fly-away, RV-12s. Van’s has inked a working agreement with Synergy Air of Eugene, Ore., to manufacture the airplanes in the U.S.A. Nearly 200 kit-built RV-12s have been completed and flown as E-LSA and E-AB aircraft, accumulating thousands of hours. Production S-LSA RV-12s will include the […]
General aviation expansion planned at CRW
CHARLESTON, W.Va. — An eight-space T-hangar and two corporate aircraft hangars are being planned by Executive Air, the operator of Yeager Airport’s general aviation facility. According to a report in The Charleston Gazette, more than 35 general aviation aircraft are now based at CRW. “We’re completely full,” the report quotes Executive Air President Scott Miller. […]